Tuesday, March 30, 2010

behind the lens (or pen)...

a confession of sorts:

Sometimes I worry that in trying to capture a moment in words or images I neglect to actually experience the moment as much as I could or should. I worry that in trying to remember the experience I find myself feeling separate from it. That even when I am in it I am already seeing it more through the lens of a memory then I do through my own present eyes.

I don't want this to be the case.

But I also dearly love the act of capturing a beautiful place or moment in words or images (or both). And I don't want to give that up either.

So true! I once went whale watching and spent the whole time obsessed with capturing the whale's tail in the air that I kind of missed the actual experience of the whale! Still I really wanted that picture! Maybe I should have spent half the time watching and half the time taking pictures! As for books, I have such a long list of recommendations that maybe I should blog about it!